Business ethics versus economic incentives:Contemporary issues and dilemmas

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 393-410

  Kulshreshtha, Praveen ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Economic incentives; Ethical dilemmas; Ethics of interdependence; Ethics of prudence and self development

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644446055     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-1896-3     Document Type: Article

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